Can you pass offline virtual machines between data warehouses using the 'Migration' with the basic Kit Essentials feature?

I speak not of Essentials Plus vMotion between hosts or migration of VMS between hosts and data warehouses online. Just curious to know if its possible to off a virtual machine and click the button to migrate to another store of data with the basic Essentials bundle.

Welcome to the community - Yes you can - it's what we call a cold migration.

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I need to create a script to move a list of virtual machines in the current in another data store.
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Y at - it no samples can I start from?
Concerning
Marius

You can check VMRelocatedEvent with Get-ViEvent.

Something like that

$targetVM = "MyVM.

$finished = $false

{while(!$finished)}

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where {$_-is [VMware.Vim.VmRelocatedEvent] - and $_.} {Vm.Name - eq $targetVM)}

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}

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More to the point. I have the only store of data that has been moved to a new location with approximately 100 VM on it. I want to import all the virtual machines on this unique to a single host data store to the new location.
Thank you
Boston Tech Guy

You can specify the name of this 1 data store in the variable $Datastores .

And if you change this line

$ESXHost= Get-Cluster$Cluster| Get-VMHost|select-First1

in

$ESXHost=Get-VMHost -Name MyEsx

It should do the trick.

Newbie question: list the Configuration of virtual machines and data warehouses

Hello
I'm new on using powercli how to list all virtual machines in a certain data center, their memory, Procs and what data warehouses they are on.
I know you can use get - vm | Select-object name, NumCPU MemoryMB but if I add DatastoreIdList as well, it doesn't seem to work. What Miss me
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That's right, you could do
```
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```
Just look at whether the separator for CSV is be a comma in your culture, you probably need to adjust the separator in the Join method!

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We have two servers ESXi 4.1.0 348481 (Essentials) and we need to upgrade to ESXi 5.5 for support of Windows Server R2 2012. We intend to use the interactive upgrade. We want to ensure that the virtual machine is preserved. More precisely VMFarm001 where ESXi is installed in the same data store as VMServer1. VMServer1 is our largest server and cannot be migrated to another data store easily because we are not allowed for vMotion.
The following layout
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VMServer3 - MS Server 2008 R2
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VMServer4 - MS Server 2008 R2
VMServer5 - MS Server 2008 R2
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Yes, that's correct.

I recently finished the upgrade of lots of stand-alone hosts ESXi 4.1 (with local storage only) to 5.1 and all were successful. The same process applies to 5.5, so you shouldn't have a problem with preservation of VMFS data warehouses (and all virtual machines).

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Hi all
I want to list all virtual machines in warehouses of data starting with "MDF". I tried
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But it does not list the names of data store for a reason any?
Also some VM will have records on more than a logic unit number - I suppose that it is not translated here?
Wouldn't be better to do the opposite?

Hi Simon,.

the problem with your script is that the virtual computer object does not have a property data store. That is why the data column store is empty in the output. The following script will combine virtual machine names and the data store for all with names beginning with MDF data warehouses:
```
Get-Datastore -Name MDF* | ForEach-Object {
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  $Datastore | Get-VM | ForEach-Object {
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    $Report.Datastore = $Datastore.name
    $Report
  }
} > VMplusdatastore.txt
```
If a virtual machine disks on multiple data stores, it will display all the combinations.

Best regards, Robert

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I spend a few VMs storage local servers ESX 3.5 to local storage on another. The customer, I work with a Vcenter but doesn't have a Vmotion.
What would be the best way to carry out the removal.
Cold migration?
Import to the new ESX Server via converter?
I tried to do an import with the virtual machine is turned off and after 30 minutes, the progress is only 5%. This server only took 25 minutes for P2V, cold import of VM VI3 to VI3 VM takes longer to P2V? It is a LAN Gigabit environment all.
When I tried to make the trip through the migrate, progress suspended at 25% and never finished.

Migration cold will work fine. Stop the click Guest, just choose migrate.

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I'm looking for a script that will list all VM on specific data with the initial T1SDX1 letters warehouses. I tried to use a certain liners, I found, but they do not seem to work. Here's what I'm not, but it does not list the VM.
```
Get-Cluster "Test Cluster" | Get-vm |?{($_.extensiondata.config.datastoreurl|%{$_.name}) -like "T1SDX1"}| Export-Csv "H:\Excel_Reports\vms_on_whatDS.csv"
```
I tried to use the same command - and -contains the command. Both show no results. I tried a single line, I found here, but it signals a TON of data I don't need and does not even get the info, I need.
```
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Here's the script if anyone cares or she wants:
```
$Today = (Get-Date -Format "yyyyMMdd-HH.mm")
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$report = Get-Datacenter | Get-Datastore | Foreach-Object {
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    }
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```

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After much tinkering with the orginal VM deployment script, I brought a lot of improvements over the old. I'm still learning my way powercli... It is not a pretty looking code, but it does the job... I hope it helps

The script is designed for a windows model that has two hard disks and two card WLAN. Virtual machines are configured after their deployment to suit the needs of the customer. You should be able to modify the script to fit your needs.

The script file and sample xls is attached.

Features:

1 deploy VMs of template file and comstomization using worksheet

2 customization of VM after the deployment of the VM

3 multi-thread

4 deploy VM on vSphere servers.

5 creates the log file

6 create notes, the date and the user who made the VM VM

Columns of the worksheet: (the script is designed to go from line 6. You can change it in the script)

#VM Deployment script by David Chung 8/12/2011
#This script is multithreaded VM deployment script using spreadsheet across multiple vsphere servers.
#
#It will log the result in C:\scripts\log\ folder
#Copy autobuildv2.xls to C:\scripts folder.

# --- Note that our windows standard template has two hard drives and two network (lan and backup) ---
# --- Depending on customer requirement, CPU, RAM, Disk size, and Network VLAN connection changes. ---

# Spreadsheet file should be:
# VM name | Host name | CPU | RAM (GB) | DISK 2 (GB) | DISK 3 (GB) | NIC1 Connection | Template name | DataStore | Notes

#Use following command to launch the script
#./autobuild [spreadsheetname]


param( [string] $file)

#Update User ID and Password
$user = 'username'
$password = 'password'

if ($file -eq ""){
    Write-Host
    Write-Host "Please specify spreadsheet file name eg...."
    Write-Host "./autobuildv2.ps1 spreadsheetname.xls" -ForegroundColor yellow
    Write-Host ""
    Write-Host ""
    exit
}
# Replace with your virtual center name
$v1 = 'labvirutalcenter'
$v2 = 'testvirtualcenter'
$v3 = 'productionvirtualcenter'
$v4 = 'drvirtualcenter'

$dt = Get-Date -Format d

#Connect to VI server using saved credentials

#$credlb = Get-VICredentialStoreItem -Host $v1 -File C:\labcredential.xml
#Connect-VIServer $credlb.Host -User $credlb.User -Password $credlb.Password

#$credpd = Get-VICredentialStoreItem -Host $v3 -File C:\pdcredential.xml
#Connect-VIServer $credpd.Host -User $credpd.User -Password $credpd.Password

#$credts = Get-VICredentialStoreItem -Host $v2 -File C:\tscredential.xml
#Connect-VIServer $credts.Host -User $credts.User -Password $credts.Password

#$creddn = Get-VICredentialStoreItem -Host $v4 -File C:\dncredential.xml
#Connect-VIServer $creddn.Host -User $creddn.User -Password $creddn.Password

#open excel and read values
$xls = new-object -com Excel.Application
$path = "C:\scripts\" + $file
$xls.Workbooks.Open($path) | Out-Null

# Removes any existing jobs
Remove-Job *

# Starts from Row 6 on the spreadsheet
$Row = 6

# Loop starts
for ($name -ne $null)
{
    $name = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,1).Value()
    $vhost = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,2).Value()
    $cpu = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,3).Value()
    $memgb = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,4).Value()
    $dgb = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,5).Value()
    $dgb2 = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,6).Value()
    $net = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,7).Value()
    $temp = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,8).Value()
    $nfs = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,9).Value()
    $desc = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,10).Value()
    $vmdisk = $dgb * 1048576
    $vmdisk2 = $dgb2 * 1048576
    $memmb = $memgb * 1024
    $cp = $Row - 6

# End of the loop when there is no data in the row.
    if ($name -eq $null) 
    { 
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        Write-Host ""
        Write-Host "(" $cp ") VM Build in progress.  Please check virtual center for detail." -ForegroundColor Magenta
        Write-Host "The script will end when ALL VMs are completed." -ForegroundColor Magenta
        
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        while ((Get-Job | where {$_.State -eq "Running"}).getType -ne $null)     
        {     
        Sleep -Seconds 10     
        } 
        
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        Stop-Process -Name "Excel"
        Write-Host ""
        
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        $Date = Get-Date
        $logfile = "C:\scripts\log\autobuild" + "_" + $Date.Day + "-" + $Date.Month + "-" + $Date.Year + ".txt"
        if (-not (test-path c:\scripts\log\))
            {
            MD c:\scripts\log | Out-Null
            }           
        Receive-Job * | Out-File -Encoding ASCII -FilePath $logfile -Append
        Remove-Job *
        
        Write-Host "Automated VM build is completed." -ForegroundColor Yellow
        Write-Host ""
        Invoke-Item $logfile
        exit
    }
    
            
    # Select the correct customization script
    if ($temp -eq "Win2K3-32")
    {
    # Customization script name
        $cust = "Win2003_32bit"
    }
    elseif ($temp -eq "Win2K3-64")
    {
    # Customization script name
        $cust = "Win2003_64bit"
    }
    
    elseif ($temp -eq "Win2K8R2")
    {
    # Customization script name
        $cust = "Win2008"
    }
            
    #if no customization script is selected, break out of the script
    else
    {
        write "Your Guest Customizations are wrong"
        break
    }
    
#Select Vsphere server name based on ESX host name provided
    if ($vhost -like "ESXLAB*")
    {
        $v = $v1
    }
    
    elseif ($vhost -like "ESXTST*")
    {
        $v = $v2
    }
    
    elseif ($vhost -like "ESXPRD*")
    {
        $v = $v3
    }
    
    elseif ($vhost -like "ESXDR*")
    {
        $v = $v4
    }
    
    #if incorrect host names are selected
    else
    {
        write "Please input correct host name"
        break
    }
    
    # Launch Multi-threaded job (VM build and configure)
    $job = 
    {
    $in = $input.'<>4__this'.read(); 
    
    Add-PSSnapin 'vmware.vimautomation.core'
    
    $vmdisk = $in[5] * 1048576
    $vmdisk2 = $in[6] * 1048576
    $memmb = $in[4]* 1024
    
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    $onwer = Get-Acl
    $deployed = $onwer.owner
    $note = $in[10] + '  |  Deployed by:' + $deployed + '  |  Created:' + $in[13]
    
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    Connect-VIServer $in[11] -User $in[14] -Password $in[15]
    
    #Build VM and configure
    New-VM -Server $in[11] -vmhost $in[2] -Name $in[1] -Template $in[8] -Datastore $in[9] -DiskStorageFormat thin -OSCustomizationSpec $in[12] -Location "Discovered virtual machine" -Description $note
    Set-VM -Server $in[11] -vm $in[1] -Numcpu $in[3] -MemoryMB $memmb -RunAsync -Confirm:$false
    $disk = Get-VM $in[1] | Get-HardDisk | ? {$_.Name -eq "Hard disk 2"}
    Set-HardDisk -harddisk $disk -CapacityKB $vmdisk -Confirm:$false
    if ($in[6] -gt 0)
        {
        New-HardDisk -Server $in[11] -VM $in[1] -CapacityKB $vmdisk2 -Confirm:$false
        }
    $vmnet = Get-VM $in[1] | Get-NetworkAdapter | where { $_.Name -eq "Network Adapter 1" } 
    $vmnet | Set-NetworkAdapter -NetworkName $in[7] -StartConnected:$true -Confirm:$false
    }
    
    # pass variables in to jobs
    $jobspec=@()
    $jobSpec += $job
    $jobspec += $name
    $jobspec += $vhost 
    $jobspec += $cpu 
    $jobspec += $memgb
    $jobspec += $dgb 
    $jobspec += $dgb2
    $jobspec += $net 
    $jobspec += $temp
    $jobspec += $nfs
    $jobspec += $desc
    $jobspec += $v
    $jobspec += $cust
    $jobspec += $dt
    $jobspec += $user
    $jobspec += $password
    
    #start the job    
    Start-Job -InputObject $jobspec -ScriptBlock $jobspec[0]
    
    Write-Host ""
    Write-Host $name " VM is being deployed on " $v -BackgroundColor Green -ForegroundColor Black
    Write-host ""
    
    
    $Row++
}

Good script, a lot of interesting features in there.

Thanks for sharing.

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